The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-04-07
WREKLY TRADE REVIEW.
What H. c. Dun & Co. Have Go say H
garding the State OF Trade.

What H. G. Dun & Co. Have Go say He.
gardinE the state OF Trade.
New YORK, April 1.-R. g. Dun s
Co, in their weekly trade review say:
With three inches of snow in Virginia,
roads in many sections almost iXpassi-
BILE and Canada Railroads blockaded by
drifts, distribution Of products is diff
cult. Before the extraordinary de-
mand to anticipate the Interstate act
and its change of rates retarding
weather would have been more serious
ly felt. As it is dry goods and boot
and shoe dealers complain that from
regions buried in snow small orders
come for summer clothing and deep
mud and bad roads in many states ar
rest the movements of produce. The
business of the past month has been
remarkably large not only at New York
and Boston, but Chicago reports phe-
nomenal trade, and other cities as well.
Largely this business has been an an
ticipation of the demands for sixty days
to come or more. The opinion grows
that the Interstate act will help the
railroads rather than commerce. 1t is
evident that the tendency is to cause
lower charges on local traffic, which is
the smaller, and higher charges on
through traffic, which, for important
tainty nor activity in markets under
such circumstances indicates much for
the future. Wheat has risen over one
cent, with sales of rs, OO0, 600 bushels
for the week, exports continuing heavy.
Corn, oats, oil, and pork products, SUI
gar and tea have scarcely changed, with
moderate dealings. Coffee has ad-
vaneed quarter Cattle and
oo1nar Cotton hoe hoouaod With ooIoc
of l, O9S. 200 bales at New York in six
days. Print cloths are barely $50 cents
with only 1880 pieces in sight,
against l ,548, 900 pieces two years ago.
Iron is weaker at Philadelphia and
Pittsburg. The collapse of the coal
combinations and higher and fixed rates
for transporting coal do not encourage
consumers. Whether bank clearings
outside of New York ranging eighteen
Indicate more than tenn
porary activity, cannot yet be
judged, but the reduction of rates on
the Canadian canals for shipments to
Canadian ports, and the altitude of the
| Grand Trunk Railroad toward other
trunk lines foreshadows sharper COM
petition between Canadian and New
York forwarding agents, as other new
| arrangements indicate manufacturing
| u0EClOpu1CuL III Ndudud. 1u0 ucN
Mexican tariff promises larger traffic in
that direction after July with April
| settlements over. Large amounts OF
money usually return hither, and this
| year the amount sent to Boston has
been unusual, the dividends payable
there reaching SIP 1852 ,64S, against
| 81 ,06l III last year. Money has ranged
from 3 TO 8 per cent for the
week, but operations to cause stringency
will now be increasingly difficult every
day unless an unusual outgo of money
should set in as in 1884, in place of th(
returh customary in April. Failure:
during the first quarter of 1897 were
smaller in number than in 1886, 1885 OF
1884, but the aggregate of liabilitie!
| was larger than last year, not because
of a general charging of indebtedness!
but because a few unusually heavN
failures were included. The failures il
the last seven days number for TIT
United States 1856; for Canada 81; tota
223, compared with 259 last week anG
PA for the corresponding week of las
| wear